‘We had prepared the nursery room for him in our home in anticipation of his birth.

‘It was with the deepest sadness and indescribable pain that I was told by the staff at Kings College Hospital that our unborn son had died as a result of the effects of the smoke and toxic fumes from the fire.’

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He was delivered by a C-section, with Mr gomes adding: ‘I was there to witness his stillbirth. I held him in my arms. I cannot even start to describe how crushingly sad I felt at the loss of our baby boy.

‘When Andreia awoke from her coma the first thing she asked me was “How is the baby?”

Logan was due on 21 August but died in the fire on 14 June (Picture: BBC)

‘It was devastating to have to tell her that he was gone. She had never got to hold him in her arms. It was a terrible time,’ he said in his statement at the Grenfell inquiry. ‘

He explained that they had to bury him shortly after, adding: ‘We had been preparing for birth, not for a funeral.’

In a written statement to the inquiry, Mr Gomes’s wife said: ‘I strongly feel that the people who consented to the modifications to Grenfell Tower are responsible for the death my son.
“If it had not been for the fire, Logan would still be here.

‘My consultant obstetrician, Dr Leonie Penna confirmed to me both verbally and in writing after my caesarean that Logan was an extremely well grown baby for 30 weeks gestation.’

In her statement, dated May 20 2018, she says she is pregnant again, expecting a baby girl.

Mr Gomes said the event had been very tough on them as a couple and a family (Picture: Newsnight/BBC)

Mr Gomes continued: ‘Visiting our precious, baby boy at a cemetery is a continuous reminder of what has happened to our family, and this will be the lasting reminder for the rest of our lives.